EP0526136B1 - System for calibrating sound field - Google Patents

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EP0526136B1
EP0526136B1 EP92306820A EP92306820A EP0526136B1 EP 0526136 B1 EP0526136 B1 EP 0526136B1 EP 92306820 A EP92306820 A EP 92306820A EP 92306820 A EP92306820 A EP 92306820A EP 0526136 B1 EP0526136 B1 EP 0526136B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS 
    • H04S5/00—Pseudo-stereo systems, e.g. in which additional channel signals are derived from monophonic signals by means of phase shifting, time delay or reverberation 
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    • H04S7/00—Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
    • H04S7/30—Control circuits for electronic adaptation of the sound field
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS 
    • H04S2400/00—Details of stereophonic systems covered by H04S but not provided for in its groups
    • H04S2400/05—Generation or adaptation of centre channel in multi-channel audio systems

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  • the present invention relates to a system for calibrating a sound field when receiving stereophonic broadcasting, and especially to apparatuses that enable the maintenance of stereophonic broadcasting in spite of an interruption.
  • apparatuses are known from US-A-4 833 715.
  • this system processes a monophonic signal that is produced by adding an L-channel signal and an R-channel signal, or subtracting an L-channel signal from an R-channel signal.
  • Presence will be increased by the system that calibrates a sound field using a monophonic signal especially when an orchestra or a big band with vocals is reproduced because the sound to be localized at the centre can be clearly maintained.
  • a system for calibrating a sound field enabling the maintenance of a natural presence when stereophonic broadcasting is interrupted comprises means for adjusting the amplitude of an R-channel signal and an L-channel signal output from a stereophonic tuner, and for changing the output phases in accordance with a control signal; means for mixing an R-channel signal and an L-channel signal output from said amplitude adjusting means; means for generating a calibrating signal in accordance with an output signal from said mixing means; and means for controlling the gains and output polarities of the signals from the amplitude adjusting means in accordance with the state of a pilot signal output from said stereophonic tuner that designates whether or not the sterephonic broadcasting is continued.
  • the present invention provides a sound field calibrator capable of maintaining presence when a stereophonic broadcasting is interrupted.
  • a pilot signal that designates that the electric field is strong enough to separate an R-channel signal and an L-channel signal from a signal received by the tuner, is also interrupted.
  • This interruption of the pilot signal changes gains and/or phases that act on an R-channel signal and/or an L-channel signal that are applied to a sound field calibrator.
  • Fig. 1 is a functional diagram of a conventional sound field calibrating system.
  • Fig. 2 is a functional diagram of a sound field calibrating system according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 3 is a circuit diagram of an embodiment according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the gain-phase adjusting part.
  • Fig. 1 shows the functional diagram of a conventional reproducing system for stereophonic broadcasting with the calibrated sound that is processed by the sound field calibrating system 102 in addition to R-channel sound and L-channel sound.
  • an R-channel signal and an L-channel signal output from the tuner 101 are applied to two amplifying parts 1021L and 1021R with a variable phase and a variable gain that are installed in the sound field calibrator 102
  • one amplifying part 1021L outputs a non-inverted signal
  • other amplifying part 1021R outputs inverted signals to produce one (R - L) signal.
  • Two output signals from these two amplifying parts 1021L and 1021R are mixed in a mixing part 1022, and the calibrated signal, for example, an initial echo or reverberation signal, is produced by the sound field calibrating part 1023.
  • the calibrated signal for example, an initial echo or reverberation signal
  • the calibrated signal is amplified by a power amplifier 103E and the calibrated sound is radiated from a speaker 104E
  • Fig. 2 illustrates an example a sound field calibrating system according to the present invention.
  • a gain-phase adjusting part 2024 is added and two amplifying parts can have varied output-gains and output-phase.
  • An R-channel signal and an L-channel signal output from a stereophonic tuner 101 are amplified by two power amplifiers 103R and 103L, and an R-channel sound and L-channel sound are radiated from an R-channel speaker 104R and an L-channel speaker 104 L respectively.
  • the functional amplifying part 1021R is adjusted to output a non-inverted signal and the other functional amplifying part 1021L is adjusted to output an inverted signal.
  • gains of two functional amplifying parts 1021R and 1021L are adjusted to the same value, for example 0.5, to prevent a calibrated signal from becoming larger than R-channel and L-channel signals and is equally generated by R-channel and L-channel signals respectively.
  • the gain-phase adjusting part 2024 controls gains and phases of the functional amplifying parts 1021R and 1021L when the pilot signal S exists as following, R-channel phase ... non-inverted gain ... 0.5 L-channel phase ... inverted gain ... 0.5
  • Two output signals output from the functional amplifying parts 1021R and 1021L are mixed in a mixing part 1022, and a mixed signal is applied to a sound field calibrating part 1023 and generates a calibrated sound such as an initial echo and a reverberation sound.
  • the calibrated signal E is amplified by the power amplifier 103E and the calibrated sound is radiated from the speaker 104E.
  • the stereophonic tuner 101 cannot output R-channel and L-channel signals separated from a received signal, output the same (R + L) signal from R and L channel output terminals, and the pilot signal is interrupted.
  • the gain-phase adjusting unit 2024 When the gain-phase adjusting unit 2024 detects an interruption of the pilot signal, it changes the gains and phases of the functional amplifying parts 1021R and 1021L as following, R-channel phase ... non-inverted gain ... 0.3 L-channel phase ... non-inverted gain ... 0.3
  • the total gain is set at 0.6 to maintain balance between the sounds radiated from the two main speakers 104R and 104L and the calibrated sound radiated from the center speaker 104E.
  • the gains and phases of the functional amplifying parts 1021R and 1021L can be selected as following, R-channel phase ... non-inverted gain ... 0.6 L-channel phase ... non-inverted gain ... 0.0
  • DSP DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR
  • Fig. 3 is the circuit diagram according to the present invention.
  • the R-channel signal and L-channel signal output from the stereophonic tuner 101 are applied to an A/D converter 31 and converted to digital signals.
  • the calibrated signal is applied to a D/A converter 33 to return to an analog signal.
  • This analog signal is applied to the power amplifier 103E.
  • the pilot signal S is applied to a digital input (D/I) interface unit 34 to control a program that is executed in the DSP 32.
  • D/I digital input
  • DSP 32 and D/I interface unit 34 are controlled by a CPU 35, which executes the program stored in a memory 36.
  • Fig. 4 is a flow chart of the gain-phase adjusting control routine that is executed in DSP 32.
  • R-channel signal and L-channel signals are fetched by the A/D converter 31.
  • step 42 the pilot signal S fetched by the D/I unit 34 is introduced in DSP 32.
  • step 43 it is determined, based on the pilot signal S, whether the stereophonic broadcasting is continuing normally.
  • step 44 the gains and phases for two functional amplifying parts 1021R and 1021L are set as following.
  • R-channel phase ... non-inverted gain ... 0.5
  • L-channel phase ... inverted gain ... - 0.5
  • step 45 the gains and phases are set as following.
  • R-channel phase ... non-inverted gain ... 0.3
  • L-channel phase ... non-inverted gain ... 0.3
  • the sound field calibration is performed by the known calibrating method.
  • the calibrated signal is converted to the analog signal by the D/A converter 33, and this routine is completed.

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